Parents’ lawsuit forces California schools to track discrimination against students

California will play a more active role in ensuring school districts don’t discriminate against students with disabilities, English learners and Black students, under a legal settlement announced this week. The agreement between the state and the American Civil Liberties Union of...

New Hampshire teacher who helped student with abortion gets license restored after filing lawsuit

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Department of Education has restored a teacher's credentials days after she sued, alleging officials had mispresented her involvement in a student's abortion. The teacher, identified only as Jane Doe in her lawsuit filed Monday, didn’t...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

Parkersburg News and Sentinel. June 26, 2024. Editorial: Right-sized: WVU cuts must be effective, not damaging WVU cuts must be effective, not damaging West Virginia University’s board of governors appears to be continuing the cost-savings and right-sizing measures...

Texas State Board of Education fields concerns about Christian bias in proposed K-12 curriculum

Members of the public told the Texas State Board of Education on Thursday they worried a proposed elementary school curriculum infused with religious references is too complicated, biased toward Christianity and below the standards of a classical education. The public hearing...

School's out and NYC migrant families face a summer of uncertainty

NEW YORK (AP) — When Damien Carchipulla started his first school year in New York City in September, the first grader's family was living in a Manhattan hotel for migrant families. In the 10 months since, the family of four from Ecuador has moved shelters three times under a policy...

Pennsylvania Senate passes bill to bar universities and pension funds from divesting from Israel

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate approved legislation Thursday that would block state aid from going to any university that boycotts or divests from Israel, following pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country that included demands for divestment. ...

Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms. The directive drew immediate condemnation from civil...

Harvard looks to combat antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias after protests over war in Gaza

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian bias and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered preliminary recommendations to the school's interim president Alan Garber. The recommendations...

Alaska court weighing arguments in case challenging the use of public money for private schools

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that challenges as unconstitutional laws that have allowed families with children in home-study programs to use public money for education-related expenses at private schools. The court heard arguments Thursday in...

Oklahoma's top educator orders public schools to teach from the Bible. Critics say it's an unconstitutional overreach